Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary Of the
important Occurrences OF
the Week.
A Budget Of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
ADVICES By TELEGRAM.

| -Postmaster-Gener Villas has left Wash
| ington on his summer vacation, por ion of
which he will spend at his home in Wiscon-
Geo. NJ Swain, of Iowa: Arthur Holmes,
of Indiana, and Lucien NJ Turner, of illinois,
have been appointed special examiners in the
pension Office at Washington under the civil
service rules.
Mr. Blaine has gone to Cork, from whence
he will return to Dublin
Henry Hastings, one of the Oldest mer-
chants of Boston, is deal.
The following remarkable resolution was
adopted by the Farmers alliance Of Floyd
count Indiana, at recent meeting: That
there is no promise, either expressed or i'm.
piled, by which the people of the United
States must pay their president 81, 900 per
month, or any other sum while electloneering
for second term of office. Therefore we call
upon President Cleve and, before starting
upon his elect neering tour through the
west and south to first write out his resiena-
ton as president and ti.e it with the proper
officer in Washington.
kilograms received at Chicago from cell
trail points throughout the entire Is. COO square
miles of drou h-strlcken northwestern coun-
try shows that the fearful sun scorch OF all
vegetation continues undated Not a drop of
rain has fallen except 500 OF an inch At
Des Moines tlere was bare sprinkle. Local
observations in various districts give but little
/, hope of break.
Sam Chaplin, a barber, of Nebraska City,
Neb., stated that l. W. Lloyd, prominent
merchant, had insulted his wife, Lloyd met
Chaplin n front of the Farmers store, and
proceeded 20 horsewhip INN, using a heavy,
black snake bought for that purpose. Chap.
lin took three strokes and drew a gun and
| fret. His wrist was caught in time to pre-
yenta murder, the ball striking the pavement
The woman in the case denied that Lloyd ever
insultcd her.
FIRES are still raging north and south Of
Grand Rapids Mich. At Cedar Springs the
fire IS still raging, and every man who can
be had is working heroicaly y. Reports
from the south on the Lake Shore road
say that fire is ragin, in the woods badly,
and at Granville is still burning to
the lowlands From the north dIecourasin
reports are received. Al Crofton, four miles
south of ~ aka ka, the flames have destroyed
lsrg amount of farm buildings and fences
Around Kings .ey miles of fences and many
fields were burned over. AT Ashton fires are
raging badly. Arounl Alison and west toward
C4eboygan, fires are burning large tracts of
valuable pine and hard wood timber.
lie Paris announces that th English Gov
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lister of foreign affairs, that France name a
date for the evacuation by France of New
Hebrldes, and that Flourens, in reply, de-
clined 10 do so until France shall be informed
Of he nature of ngland's policy in regard to
Egypt, and as to the naturalization of the
Suez canal
The Bull. arian foreign minister, accom-
panied by Prince Ferdinand, of Saxe-Coburg
Gotha, and retinue, has started for Bulgaria
Fourteen new c,ses of cholera and SIX
deaths have he. n repor ed at Malta.
Capt Clinton B. Sears, in his recommen-
daton for an appropriation for improving the
Missouri, says: The Benton Transportation
Company are going to withdraw their steam
ers, having nothing let but local business
He recommends that 100000 be appropriated
by Congress for next years work, $4,000 to
be spent between Carr IL and Fort Benton, and
$50, 600 from Carroll to Sioux City snagging.
No work was done last season because the
$50. 20 appropriated became available too late.
The money now available will be spent on
what is known as the rocky Fart between Car
roll and Fort Benton and in building dams to
contract the channel and deepen the water.
Forty men are now at work on the section.
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